Fated To Love

Kabanata 18

"Woah! Did I enter the wrong office? Is this a flower shop now?" Soliel said sarcastically as she looked around her office.

Paano ba naman, bawat espasyo na puwedeng mapatungan ng vase ay napatungan na. Pati ang malaking mesa para sa lalagyan ng mga blueprint 'pag nag-tsetsek siya'y nalagyan na rin. Inaraw-araw ba naman siya bigyan ng bulaklak maliban sa Sabado at Linggo, malamang na mapupuno ang opisina niya.

"Who sent all this? Zero or Magnus? Ang dami, mhie!"

"Both of them."

"Deym! Haba ng hair, abot hanggang Milan at Tanay, uh!" Soliel smirked teasingly, sitting in the chair in front of her desk.

Rivi stopped what she was doing and leaned on the backrest of the chair. She furrowed at what Soliel said, wondering. "Milan?"

How did she know Zero was in Milan?

"Don't say, you don't know?"

"Magtatanong ba ako kung alam ko?" pag-irap niya.

With the amount of work she was doing, she didn't have time to find out where that man went. Basta ang sigurado siya'y pinuntahan nito ang nobya. She also did not ask his bodyguard who always brought flowers. Hindi na nga tumawag iyon matapos nu'ng hindi niya sinagot ang tawag nito, na siyang dahilan ng panunugod noong nakaraang linggo.

Napapailing si Soliel habang may kinukuha sa handbag nito. "Here." Inilahad nito ang ipad sa kanya, nakangisi. "Those photos were taken at Fashion Week in Milan."

Hinablot niya 'yun at binuksan. Agad tumambad sa paningin ni Rivi ang larawan nina Zero at Alba habang nakangiti sa camera. Sa backdrop na nakikita niya sa likuran ng mga 'to na may nakalagay na kilalang brand, red carpet, at magandang kasuotan ng dalawa, mukhang isa iyong victory party. She looked at the next pictures and most of them, if not smiling Alba was kissing Zero's cheek.

"You really put effort into these photos, huh?" She returned the ipad to her.

So, she was right that he went to his girlfriend.

"If my friend wasn't involved in their relationship, I wouldn't have given them time," Soliel answered, taking a sip of her coffee. "So, what do you feel when you look at their pictures?"

"Why? Should I feel something?"

"Do you feel something?" balik nitong tanong na ikinatiim ng kanyang bagang. "Baka bago mo pa mapa-ibig 'yan, eh ikaw ang unang mapa-ibig. Sa hitsura ng mga 'to, mukhang mahihirapan ka, mhie," pagtaas nito sa ipad kung saan kita niya ang pagyakap ng dalawa sa isa't isa.

"I can, Soliel," paniniguradong sagot niya sa huling sinabi nito. Dahil hindi puwede sa kanya ang hindi magtagumpay. "You know me, I do everything just to succeed in what I do."

"Oo, alam ko naman 'yan at kilala kita pero sa nakikita ko kasi, mukhang ikaw ang madidihado dito. Alam mo ba na walang naging ibang karelasyon ang Zero Federova na iyon simula nang maging sila nu'ng Alba? Tapos ngayon, naisasama mo at nagbibigay ng bulaklak sayo? Hindi ka ba nagtataka?"

She wasn't stupid enough not to doubt the actions Zero was showing her. But as she said, she will do everything just to succeed.

"I know, Sol. And I must be ahead of him in whatever he plans."

Soliel sighed. "You're really stubborn, Riv. But you know, if I didn't really know that he has a girlfriend, I would really think that everything he shows you is true. I don't know if you also see how he looks at you when the two of you are talking or even if you don't look at him. His actions with care for you and most of all if you only saw how his eyes were burning with anger when he saw you and Magnus leave at the time, you could really ask if all of that was true?"